Wearing apparel with extensible cuffs



April 3, 1956 A. J. SIMON ET AL 2,740,128

WEARING APPAREL WITH EXTENSIBLEI CUFFS Filed April 5, 1954 INVENTORJ. AL FRED J. S/MO/v BY MANNY ZUCKE/i.

2,740,128 WEARING APPAREL WITH EXTENSIBLE CUFFS Alfred J. Simon and Manny Zucker, New York, N. Y. Application April 5, 1954, Serial No. 420,859 1 Claim. c1. 2-2'32 This invention relates generally to wearing apparel, and more particularly to overalls, slacks, trousers, coats, overcoats, jackets, shirts, etc., for growing children which may be automatically lengthened at the cuffs or sleeves as the person grows.

It is an object of the present invention to provide wearing apparel in which the cuff or sleeve portions are made readily extensible to make allowance for the growing wearer.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide the leg, arm, or similar portions of a garment with extensible folds which normally are maintained in secured condition, but which may be readily released for unfolding to lengthen the garment.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide means to readily release the said extensible folds by a single operation.

Another object of the present invention is to form the cuffs of pants, overalls, slacks, sleeves, and the like with a fold or folds or pleats which are held flat against the cufi portion or sleeve of the garment by means of stitching and concealed under the cuff, the said fold or folds being readily released by pulling on the stitching.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a seam for the folded extension which unlocks and unravels instantly When the correct thread is pulled.

These and other objects, features and advantages Will appear in the following detailed description and in the accompanying drawing illustrating a specific embodiment of the invention.

In the drawing, cate similar parts:

Fig. l is a rear view of a child's overall according to the invention, one leg portion being shown in its normal condition while the other leg portion is shown in its lengthened condition;

Fig. 2 is a sectional detail view on an enlarged scale 12f 01116 of the cuff portions taken through line 2-2 of Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view on an enlarged scale of the other cuff portion taken through line 3-3 of Fig. l; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view, partly in section, of the right cuff portion of Fig. l, disclosing the stitching holding the fold.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing which discloses an example by which the invention may be realized, there is seen in Fig. l a pair of childs overalls or the like designated by the numeral 10, having suspenders or straps 11 having buttons 9 for engagement with the bib portion 13 at the front of the garment, and which is preferably stitched to the rear of the garment as indicated by the numeral 8. The buttons 12 function as means to maintain the drop seat portion 14 in attached relation to the remainder of the body of the garment. The drop seat portion is preferably elastically shirred at its upper edge 14 to conform the garment in that area to the body of the wearer. It is evident that the seat of wherein like reference characters indi- States Patent 2 the garment may be dropped for sanitary functions, by unbuttoning the drop seat 14. Pockets 30 may be provided in conventional manner.

The garment is provided with a pair of trouser legs 15, 17 having cuffs 16, 18, respectively. The broken line 19 on the trouser leg 17 represents the permanent stitch line as later on described. Referring to Fig. 2 which is a sectional view on an enlarged scale of the cuff portion 16 of trouser leg 15 of Fig. l, and taken through line 22 of Fig. 1, the cuff per se is formed by the plies 26 and 27 outer and inner, respectively. The extensible fold is made by taking or gathering the material of the trouser leg 15, making the fold line or crease 21 and then folding the material upon itself at the fold line 20, creating the layers or panels 22 and 23 outer and inner, respectively. This fold is then tacked with the removable line of stitches 24, leaving the loose-hanging double fold 22, 23, concealsd by the cuff. The outer layer or ply 26 turns or folds in and upwardly to 19:: providing the upwardly folded adjacent ply 260 which is seamed to the trouser leg material by the line of stitches 19, preferably below the line of removable stitches 24, Fig. 3, thus making the cuff portion less bulky and making it easier to remove the stitches 24 when desired.

From the above it is evident that to produce the improved cuff portion of the trousers with the extensible fold concealed by the cuff, the material of the trouser leg 15 continues to form the ply or layer 22, then folds along the fold line 21 against ply 22 forming the ply or layer 23, then folds along the fold line 20 and continues downward forming the panel 23a and then continues upward forming layer 27 and then downward forming the outer layer 26 of the cuff, and then continues upward forming the panel 26a, thus providing a pocket between the layers 23a and 27 for the extensible fold 22, 23.

In Fig. 4 may be seen the chain stitches or seam which is preferably of a type which unlocks and unravels instantly when the thread 25 is pulled. The line of stitches 24 after circumscribing the trouser leg, is preferably continued diagonally to the fold line 21 (as clearly seen in Fig. 4) to facilitate unravelling thereof by manipulation of thread 25. When the stitches 24 are removed by pulling on thread 25, folded layers or panels 23 and 23a will drop and thus lengthen the trouser leg by the amount of both layers 22, 23 of the extensible fold. Panels or layers 22, 23 covered by the cuff 16 before lengthening the trouser, will now become exposed. Panel or layer 23a will remain covered by the cuff 18, thus, now, taking the place of previously covered panel or layer 22. The trouser leg 15 is thus lengthened to the extent shown in trouser leg 17, that is, by the total length of panels 23 and 22.

From the foregoing it is evident that there has been herein provided in a garment, an adjustable cuff comprising a tubular member 15, the lower portion of said member having a first fold section 23 extending upwardly within said tubular member 15 and having a second fold section 23a extending downwardly within said tubular member, said second fold section 2311 being folded upwardly around the first mentioned fold section 23 and on the outer surface of said tubular member forming the inner ply 27 of said cuff, the material of said tubular memher then being folded downwardly forming the outer ply 26 of said cuff and then being folded upwardly around the bottom fold of said inner ply of said cuff and on the inside of said tubular member forming an adjacent ply 26a, a line of removable stitches passing through the material of said tubular member 15 and through both said first fold section 23 and said second fold section 23a within said tubular member 15 and a line of stitches 19 connecting said inner second fold section 2311 and said tubular member (Fig. 3), an extension of said removable stitches extending substantially diagonally across the material of the garment below the upper edge of said cuflf.

It is apparent that it requires no sewing ability to perform the operation of lengthening the wearing apparel and saves considerable time in lengthening the garment. The invention makes it simple to lengthen regular, fancy and/ or trimmed cuffs without removing the original trimming or design or requiring any additional sewing.

It is further apparent that the invention is applicable to sleeves of jackets, shirts, coats, overcoats, and similar garments and is not limited to trousers or slacks or similar articles.

Having thus described a specific illustrative embodiment of the invention, it is apparent that various changes and modifications obvious to one skilled in the art related hereto may be effected without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

In a garment, an adjustable cuff comprising a tubular member, the lower portion of said tubular member having a first fold section extending upwardly within said tubular member and having a second fold section extending downwardly within said tubular member, said second fold section being folded upwardly around the first mentioned fold section and on the outer surface of said tubular member forming the inner ply of said cuff, the material of said tubular member then being folded downwardly forming the outer ply of said cuff and then being folded References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,054,998 Winter Sept. 22, 1936 2,307,213 Goldstein Jan. 5, 1943 FOREIGN PATENTS 397,301 Great Britain Aug. 24, 1933 

